Al-Qaeda

Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State parallels: the descent into violence and self-destruction

A brief historical analogy shows parallels between Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State: the descent into violence and self-destruction.

Sergei Boeke • 03-02-2016

Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators

Recent small scale terrorist attacks lead to asking the question whether authorities could have prevented these attacks.

Edwin Bakker • 24-03-2015

Negotiating with IS?

The brutal killing of an IS-held Jordanian pilot might make negotiating with IS not an option. Some captives of IS were freed though. So why not try to negotiate?

Wietse van den Berge • 23-02-2015

ISIS: Jihadists’ new forerunner?

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) appears to have the ambition of overtaking the Al-Qaeda umbrella organization it belongs to as the forerunner of international jihadism. What is ISIS about and what is its effect for the Syrian conflict?

Wietse van den Berge • 12-06-2014

Who is the new Bin Laden?

Three years after Bin Laden’s death we wonder: who is the new face of terrorism?

Wietse van den Berge + 1 other • 09-05-2014

Blogs

Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State parallels: the descent into violence and self-destruction

Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators

Negotiating with IS?

ISIS: Jihadists’ new forerunner?

Who is the new Bin Laden?